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piebald

12 synonyms for piebald, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Adj — Marked with patches of colour, especially black and white.

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multicolor motley particoloured varicoloured particolored multicolour pied multicoloured varicolored multicolored calico

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Formed from pie ("magpie") and bald ("having white patches or blazes"). Compare typologically Polish srokaty, from sroka.

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